Cake-mixer.



PAZENTBD AUG. 4; 1908. A. TOMLINSON.

CAKE MIXER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23 1907.

ADA TOMLINSON, OF CAMBRIDGE, IOWA.

- a CAKE-MIXER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ana TOMJLINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at (ambridge, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Cake-Mixer, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cake mixer-of sim )le, durable and inexpensive construction, designed to be placed it on a suitable vessel, and also to be COIlllGCtQt to the vessel and to a table top or other support upon which the vessel is resting, so that the operation of turning the beaters will not tend to upset the vessel.

A further objectis to provide improved means for detachably connecting the device with a vessel and table to and also to provide a device of this kind 1n which the operative arts may be quickly and easily detachet for'purposes of cleaning.

My invention consists in the construction,

arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the ob ects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim and.

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a device embodying my invention applied to a vessel and to a table top. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of same, with part of the vessel broken away. Fig. 3 shows a detail sectional view illustrating the means for detachably connecting the beater shaft with the gear wheel, taken on the line 33 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 shows a detail sectional view illustrating one of the adustable supports for the devi e, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanyin drawings, I-have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the table top, and 11 a vessel having a rim or flange 12 around its to The frame of the device comprises an upright 13 having its lower portion s taped to pass around under a table top, and provided with a set screw 14 designed to engage the under surface of a table top. Near the upper end of the up right 13 1s a lug 15 designed to pass under the rim 12. At the upper end of the upright 13 Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 23, 1%. Serial No. 385,173.

5 follows: On top of the frame member 16 is a,

is a horizontal frame member 16 designed to extend across the top of the vessel and hav- 1 ing at'its opposite side a downwardly projecting portion 17 with a lug 18 thereon designed to pass under the rim 12. I first clamp the upright to the table top, then place Patented mg. 4, 1908.

the vessel on the table top and slide it under the horizontal frame member 16 so that the lugs 15 and 18 may enter under the rim 12 to brace the device againstlateral movement relative to the vessel. I provide a second horizontal frame member 19 made of two overlapping )arts connected by means of a. rivet 20, and a bolt- 21, the latter having a. thumb nut 22 thereon, said rivet and said bolt being extended through one of the membets 19 and through a slot 23 in the other member. Each of the members 19 is provided with a lug 24 to pass under the rim 12. On top of the frame member 16 is a bracket 25, and extended upwardly through I the frame members 16 and 19, and through the bracket 25 is the beater shaft 26, which is preferably rectangular in cross section and provided at its to with a screw threaded extension 27, on which is a thumb nut 28. This shaft serves to connect the frame members 16 and 19, and mounted on it between the bracket 25 and the frame member 19 is a pinion 29 having the upper portion of its hub inserted in arecess in the bracket 25, and the lower portion of its hub inserted in a recess in the frame member 19 so that when the shaft .26 is removed, this pinion will remain in lace.

1 the lower end of the beater shaft are the heaters proper of which two on opposite sides are made of wire loops, which incline outwardly and downwardly, and which have their sides at right angles to a radial line from the shaft. These two heaters are indicated by the numeral 30. Arranged between the beater members 30 are two beater members 31, each formed of a wire loop, the sides of which are arranged in line radially from the shaft- 26, and directly below the center of the shaft 26 is a central beater member 32, also formed of a wire loop. By thus arranging the beater members, they are prevented from following one in the path of the other, and hence will more thoroughly agitate the mate 1 rial within the vessel than would be the case if the beater members were all of the same kind and arranged 1n the same manner.

I provlde for rotating the beater shaft as bracket 33 having a shaft 34 therein, provided on one end with a crank 35, and on its other end with the pinion 36 normally in mesh with the pinion 29.

In practical use, I first secure the'upright to the table top, then place the vessel in position with its rim engaged by the lugs 15 and 18. I then. adjust the frame members 19 so that their lugs 24 engage the rim 12. I then turn the crank 35 and thus rotate the agitator shaft carrying the agitators. If it is desired to detach the parts for purposes of cleaning or shipping, I remove the thumb nut 28 then slip the beater shaft downwardly out of inwardly to overlap the rim of a vessel, and having at its other end a downwardly projecting portion provided with a lug to project under therim of a -vessel, and an outwardly extending portion to rest u on a table on which the vessel is resting, an a part to extend under the table, a set screw therein for clamping the frame member to a table, a.

engagement with the frame members 16 andward extension, with its lower end inclined bracket mounted upon the horizontal art of said frame member, a shaft mounted t erein, a pinion an the shaft, a beater comprising a number of loops arranged and constructed substantially as set forth, a shaft connected with said loops and extended upwardly through the central portion of said frame member, a bracket fixed to said frame member and designed to receive the upper end of said shaft, a pinion dctachably mounted on said shaft and inserted between the bracket and the body portion, a nut on top of the shaft, said parts being so arranged that when the nut is detached, the shaft may be withdrawn downwardly through the pinion and frame member, said pinion being in mesh with the aforesaid pinion, and a second frame member cnmprisin a flat body portion arranged at right angdes to the aforesaid frame member, and having at each end a downwardly and inwardly extended portion to engage 'the rim of a vessel,'said horizontal part also being adjustable longitudinally for the purposes stated.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 9, 1907.

ADA TOMLINSON.

Witnesses:

- L. H- SIIERVEN, IR. CURTIS.

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